Method of leasing a gaming machine for a flat fee amount

a gaming machine and flat fee technology, applied in the field of reverse lease methods for leasing gaming machines, can solve the problems of not contributing to the revenue of the casino, the gaming machine is idle, and the gaming facility cannot afford to have financially unproductive gaming machines sitting on the floor with outdated gaming conten

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-15
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If players lose interest in a gaming machine, they typically will stop playing that game, which causes the gaming machine to be idle and not contribute to the revenue of the casino.
This requirement, coupled with the large capital expenditures necessary to acquire gaming machines, creates an environment in which gaming facilities, such as casinos, bear nearly all of the risk associated with purchasing gaming machines.
Thus, gaming facilities cannot afford to have financially unproductive gaming machines sitting on their floors with outdated gaming content.

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[0053]Although the following text sets forth a detailed description of numerous different embodiments of the invention, it should be understood that the legal scope of the invention is defined by the words of the claims set forth at the end of this patent. The detailed description is to be construed as exemplary only and does not describe every possible embodiment of the invention since describing every possible embodiment would be impractical, if not impossible. Numerous alternative embodiments could be implemented, using either current technology or technology developed after the filing date of this patent, which would still fall within the scope of the claims defining the invention.

[0054]It should also be understood that, unless a term is expressly defined in this patent using the sentence “As used herein, the term ‘——————’ is hereby defined to mean . . . ” or a similar sentence, there is no intent to limit the meaning of that term, either expressly or by implication, beyond its ...

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A method of leasing a gaming machine is provided that includes determining a monetary average machine net win in monetary units per gaming machine per unit of time for a group of existing gaming machines, receiving the leased gaming machine, and determining a monetary payment amount for the leased gaming machine for a second time period based on the average machine net win, the monetary payment amount equaling corresponding to a flat fee amount.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present description relates generally to financial models for leasing of gaming machines. More specifically, the present description relates to reverse lease methods for leasing gaming machines for a flat fee amount.CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0002]This application relates to the following co-pending commonly owned patent applications:[0003]“METHOD OF LEASING A GAMING MACHINE FOR A PERCENTAGE OF A NET WIN AMOUNT,” Ser. No. 11 / 042,947, and “METHOD OF LEASING A GAMING MACHINE FOR A PERCENTAGE OF A TOTAL COIN-IN AMOUNT,” Ser. No. 11 / 042,388.BACKGROUND[0004]Gaming establishments are continually searching for new gaming systems to attract new players and hold the attention of existing players. By developing new games, the gaming establishments hope to pique existing players' interests in continued wagering and to attract new players. If players lose interest in a gaming machine, they typically will stop playing that game, which causes the gaming machi...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q30/00
CPCG06Q20/20G06Q30/0209G06Q30/0645G06Q40/00G06Q50/34G07F17/32G07F17/3255
Inventor HETTINGER, MARK
Owner IGT
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